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brite-sprite workshop

In this workshops students are tasked to create the circuit for a RGB LED "Brite-Sprite" light. The colour of the light can be controlled by varying the current though three potentiometers (one for each of the three components of the LED; Red, Green & Blue).

Students learn about circuits, current, voltage and resistance, colour mixing of light and are tested on Ohm's law requiring mathematics to calculate the current required for various colours.

1-String electric guitar

In this workshop students get the opportunity to create a one string electric guitar from scratch.

This includes winding an electromagnetic pickup, soldering the pickup to a output jack and construction of the physical guitar.

Students are then tasked to calculate where the frets should be using a number of different mathematical models. It is also an opportunity for the students to learn about the maths of musical scales, frequency and wavelength.